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Is it time to retire Plant Yates?

By SARAH FAY CAMPBELL

sarah@newnan.com

Georgia Power’s Plant Yates, located in western Coweta along the Chattahoochee River, is one of the country’s oldest and dirtiest power plants and is “ripe for retirement,” according to a report released this week by the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.